Mittelwerk underground factory

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The Mittelwerk underground factory was a secret Nazi German facility built into tunnels near Nordhausen that used forced labor to mass-produce V-2 rockets and other advanced weapons during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi German military installation
World War II site
underground weapons factory
alsoKnownAs Mittelwerk GmbH
Mittelwerk plant
associatedWith German Army rocket engineers
SS General Hans Kammler
Wernher von Braun
builtBy Nazi Germany
capturedBy United States Army
constructionMethod adaptation of existing tunnels
controlledBy Schutzstaffel
country Nazi Germany
endUseDate 1945
evidenceOf Nazi forced labor system
hasVictimCount thousands of forced laborers died
heritageStatus site of memorials and museums in the region
knownFor central role in V-2 deployment
extremely harsh working conditions
high mortality among prisoners
locatedIn Kohnstein mountain
locatedInCountry Germany
locatedInRegion Thuringia NERFINISHED
locatedNear Nordhausen NERFINISHED
near Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp
notableProduct Aggregat 4 rocket
V-1 flying bomb components
V-2 rocket
operatedBy SS
partOf German rocket program
Mittelbau-Dora complex
Nazi secret weapons program
postWarUse inspected by Allied forces
purpose to move rocket production underground
reasonForCreation relocation of V-2 production from Peenemünde
reasonForUndergroundLocation protection from Allied bombing
relatedEvent Allied bombing of Peenemünde
startUseDate 1943
suppliedBy Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp
timePeriod World War II
tunnelSystemLength approximately 20 kilometers
usedFor mass production of V-2 rockets
production of V-1 flying bombs
production of other advanced weapons
usedLabor concentration camp prisoners
forced labor
slave laborers


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